Fresh Garbanzo Bean Hummus

I like to believe that I am a person that readily accepts change, but really I am not. Last week I finally got up the nerve to have some changes made on this site and I am so glad I did. I stayed with blogger but had a new makeover. Thank you Linda for everything you did, it is much better than I ever imagined. However I do love to try new foods.

Have you ever seen a fresh garbanzo? Once you pop open up the pods you will notice that they are slight green in color. The flavor is similar to a fresh pea. There was not a lot of information available about how to prepare them.

So I decided to peel them and throw them in a pot of boiling water for one to two minutes. I then drained and rinsed them to stop the cooking. Some were used in a salad and the rest I made into a hummus.

Ingredients:

1 generous basket of chickpeas (after shelled 1 ½ cups)
Juice of ½ lemon
1 small garlic (chopped)
2 tablespoons tahini
1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/8 cup water
½ teaspoon cumin
Handful of cilantro
Salt to taste

To prepare:

Begin by peeling beans first. (If you don’t they will squirt hot water at you when trying to remove the pods);)

Heat a large pan of water to a boil, add beans and cook for about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and pour through strainer. Rinse beans until cool.

Place the garbanzos in a food processor with 1/4 cup water, the lemon juice, garlic, cumin, cilantro, tahini and olive oil. Blend until smooth. ( I kept mine a little chunky because I love that kind of texture). Taste and season with salt.

Serve with veggies, crackers or pita chips.
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